Banham, R: Theory and Design in the First Machine Age (Mit Press)

First published in 1960, Theory and Design in the First Machine Age hasbecome required reading in numerous courses on the history of modern architectureand is widely regarded as one of the definitive books on the modern movement. It hasinfluenced a generation of students and critics interested in the formation ofattitudes, themes, and forms which were characteristic of artists and architectsworking primarily in Europe between 1900 and 1930 under the compulsion of newtechnological developments in the first machine age.